Lot 208
  • 208

Jean Bazaine

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jean Bazaine
  • La Fin de l'hiver
  • signed and dated 54; signed, titled, and dated 1954 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 98,5 x 98,5 cm; 38 3/4 x 38 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1954.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Galerie Änne Abels, Cologne
Siegfried Adler
Private Collection, Germany

Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Abstrakte Maler, June - July 1956; catalogue, n.p., no. 2, illustrated
Olten, Kunstverein, Aspects de la peinture abstraite française contemporaine, 2 November - 1 December 1957; catalogue, n.p., no. 4
Berne, Kunsthalle, Jean Bazaine, 18 October - 26 November 1958; catalogue, n.p., no. 65
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Bazaine, 6 December - 19 Janvier 1958-1959; catalogue, n.p., no 62
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Bazaine, 1959; catalogue
Cologne, Galerie Änne Abels, Art abstrait, June - July 1964

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration. The frame cover the edges of the canvas. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. The stretcher on the reverse is slightly dusty. Three small paintlosses are located in the green of lower left quadrant. Under Ulta Violet Light inspection there is no evidence of restoration.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of the work by Jean Bazaine currently being prepared by Jean-Pierre Greff under the reference H-1954-11. It is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.